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Gov. Andy Beshear says an aluminum company has singled out northeastern Kentucky as its preferred site for a new aluminum smelter. The project could bring about 1,000 permanent jobs to a region hard hit by the loss of coal and steel production. Plans by Century Aluminum to build a smelter that produces dramatically lower emissions will be supported by $500 million from the U.S. Department of Energy. Beshear said Monday that the project has the potential to become the largest investment on record in eastern Kentucky. He says several steps remain to make the project a reality in northeastern Ken...

Gov. Andy Beshear says an aluminum company has singled out northeastern Kentucky as its preferred site for a new aluminum smelter. The project could bring about 1,000 permanent jobs to

CATLETTSBURG A Boyd County grand jury issued a meager stack of indictments this week, mostly including drug possession and trafficking.

SUMMIT The eighth-grade class from Boyd County Middle School got a sobering reality check on Thursday morning through a family resource center-sponsored “Reality Store,” where students learned to manage a

CATLETTSBURG For the 30th consecutive year, roughly 40 local high school students were recognized for completing the Boyd and Greenup County Youth Leadership Program on Wednesday evening.